Vietnam: President Trump & Kim Jong Un All Smiles

Update, 2-28-19 No Deal: USA & North Korea Summit in Vietnam | More here 
​2-28-19, Fox News -- On Thursday, 2-28-19, President Trump abruptly walked away from negotiations with North Korea in Vietnam and headed back to Washington. He said the U.S. is unwilling to meet Kim Jong Un's demand of lifting all sanctions without first securing its meaningful commitment to denuclearization. The US asked Kim to do more regarding his intentions to denuclearize, and he was unprepared to do that. Pres Trump said, “Sometimes you have to walk.”

President Trump Visits With North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Vietnam Hoping to End Decades of Hostilities and De-Nuke NoKo

2-27-19, The US President Donald Trump told Mr. Kim that North Korea has “tremendous economic potential” from eased international sanctions if he agrees to abandon its weapons and missile programs, which analysts say can now deliver a nuclear bomb to much of the U.S. homeland.
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The heavy lifting of the two-day summit to address the crisis on the divided Korean Peninsula was planned for Thursday, Feb 28, 2019 when the two delegations will try to hammer out a deal to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile arsenals and ease more than six decades of hostility and suspicion between the U.S. and North Korea. Some suggesting the 1953 Korean War may be officially 'over.'
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Mr. Kim thanked the president for his “courageous decision” to negotiate with him personally and said there have been “some misunderstandings” since their precedent-shattering first meeting in Singapore in June, 2018.

“There have been all these eyes from the world who are misunderstanding the situation,” said Mr. Kim, referring to “hostility” lingering from the Korean War. “However, we have been able to overcome all the obstacles, and here we are today after 261 days.” ​

President Trump also praised Vietnam for its “thriving” economy as he signed a trade deal with Vietnamese leaders and sought to persuade Mr. Kim to follow Hanoi’s example. Meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Pres Trump signed agreements calling for Vietnam to purchase more than 100 passenger airliners from Seattle-based Boeing Inc., a deal worth about $21 billion. He said, “You really are an example of what can happen with good thinking.” ​More here